Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
104,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 11,568 kr
Communal tax
- 21,383 kr
Church tax
- 803 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 34,889 kr
Net pay
* 69,111 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.2%
Average tax rate
33.5%
66.5%
Net pay
33.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
69,111 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
34,889 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
48,811 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 104,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.69 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 41.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 104,000 kr a year living in the region of Assens, Denmark, you will be taxed 34,889 kr. That means that your net pay will be 69,111 kr per year, or 5,759 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% and your marginal tax rate is 33.2%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 kr in your salary will be taxed 33.15 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.85 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 669 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,343 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 91901
11.6%
1
Canada
DKK 78661
24.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 99692
4.1%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 98800
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 96191
7.5%
3
Taiwan
DKK 94801
8.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 90702
12.8%
5
Pakistan
DKK 90412
13.1%
6
Malaysia
DKK 88531
14.9%
7
New Zealand
DKK 88445
15.0%
8
Indonesia
DKK 88195
15.2%
9
Philippines
DKK 84600
18.7%
10
Japan
DKK 84298
18.9%
11
Singapore
DKK 83225
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 82491
20.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 79947
23.1%
14
India
DKK 75291
27.6%
15
China
DKK 73588
29.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 94716
8.9%
1
Guatemala
DKK 94028
9.6%
2
Ecuador
DKK 93433
10.2%
3
Costa Rica
DKK 93080
10.5%
4
Colombia
DKK 93065
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 90242
13.2%
6
Chile
DKK 84997
18.3%
7
Mexico
DKK 84979
18.3%
8
Uruguay
DKK 82071
21.1%
9
Peru
DKK 80829
22.3%
10
Brazil
DKK 79443
23.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 67551
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 89542
13.9%
1
Mozambique
DKK 78743
24.3%
2
Morocco
DKK 77736
25.3%
3
Angola
DKK 76873
26.1%
4
Kenya
DKK 76349
26.6%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 76037
26.9%
6
Ghana
DKK 75551
27.4%
7
Cameroon
DKK 72063
30.7%
8
Nigeria
DKK 71611
31.1%
9
Uganda
DKK 69659
33.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 69122
33.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 66005
36.5%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Assens tables of Denmark, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.